Unit 2 - Being a Geographer

Academic Vocabulary

adaptation
modification
5 Themes of Geography (MRHELP)
  • Physical Environmental Processes
  • Erosions
  • Earthquakes
  • Ocean Currents
  • adopted
  • modified
  • technology
  • aquifer
  • Physical-Environment Interaction
  • Five Themes of Geography
  • transportation infrastructure.

The acronym MR HELP summarizes 5 Themes of Geography.

Movement- includes settlement patterns; transportation...
Regions - compares and defines characteristics that make places similar to or different from other places
Human-
Environment Interaction – includes descriptions of how humans adapt to and/or change the physical environment, including industries and agriculture, to improve lifestyle or survival
Location - includes determining both absolute location [lat/long; address] and relative location [in relation to a fixed point; cardinal/intermediate directions]
Place - identifies and distinguishes the physical and human characteristics of a given place including climate, population, vegetation, land and waterforms; natural resources

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